Posted on 11/26/2017 1:35:54 PM PST by Oscar in Batangas
It's an anniversary of sorts -- and should be something of a national holiday.
Twenty years ago, Jim Robinson became FReeper #1 on this website, and we all are much the better for it.
I found FreeRepublic.com via my news aggregator at the time, The Drudge Report. Quickly I lost interest in that site in favor of this my new home page.
I found that Freerepublic is just not a news aggregator, but an intelligence aggregator. Thanks to the overwhelming diversity of interests amongst the FReeper community, we can go from the smallest subatomic particles to the vastness of inter-gallactic space in only a few posts. And from pottery shards from the earliest human civilizations to the flying car concepts from the day after tomorrow.
Thought provoking discussions about history, religion and even cold fusion and train travel has intrigued us over the past twenty years.
And those are just some side benefits to one of the best sites anywhere for the sharing of conservative and patriotic ideas.
Thanks, Jim, for following through on the glimmer of your idea for this site. Happy Anniversary memories and hopes and prayers for many more anniversaries to come!
Thank you very much, ransomnote!
Holy cow
It’s you
Thank you very much, MomwithHope!
Thank you very much, Yaelle! Greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much, humblegunner!
I found FR way early but only lurked
After getting Home following TDY on and after 9/11, FR showed me that my greatest fear had come to pass - holy war
Like a chicken$hit, I didn’t join for a long time
The lady in red was good to me though, making me laugh. She asked if I wanted a burka. Tony was cool
I miss Arizona Granny
I even miss MiaT
? I don’t remember a time without membership dates.
Thank you very much, rlmorel!
Thank you very much, Fiddlstix!
Thank you very much, Rome2000!
I forget how I found this site. I had my own web page on ATT at the time. I even used my ATT email in my initial posts. After I got buried in spam I went to another ISP but ATT kept the web page up for 10 years after I left! This was the place to be to get the real news on the Clinton’s then and now. I still dream of them getting frog marched to jail!
So very many great souls
Thank you
I started lurking and learning on FreeRepublic in the summer of 2004, after a friend told me about it — he said, “It’s the best site on the internet for news, politics, and just about everything else.” He was right!
I joined up in 2005 after about a year of wondering whether I could make a meaningful contribution. Well, having contributed 479 threads posted, 16,592 comments, one ping list (Windows topics), and been a monthly donor for some years now, I still feel like I could do more to show my appreciation for you and the crew.
We’re all pikers compared to FReeper Number One!
God Bless you, Jim, and keep fighting for America! MAGA!
Free Republic has been my goto site for ages. Let’s wrap up that fundraiser in celebration of this post!
I meant every word of it...and I know I am not alone in this.
I say Thank You.
| Rank | Poster | FR Age |
posts | Replies | Replies per Post |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oscar in Batangas | 9.1y | 9 | 49 | 5.4 |
| 2 | Paine in the Neck | 13.3y | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 3 | Jim Robinson | 20.0y | 18 | 7 | 0.4 |
| 4 | pax_et_bonum | 17.0y | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 5 | Larry Lucido | 15.6y | 2 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 6 | littleharbour | 8.1y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Lurker | 19.8y | 2 | 3 | 1.5 |
| 8 | Rushmore Rocks | 15.1y | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 9 | AppyPappy | 17.9y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Yo-Yo | 19.4y | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 11 | WhoisAlanGreenspan? | 19.2y | 2 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 12 | SunkenCiv | 13.9y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 13 | conservatism_IS_compassion | 18.7y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Jim 0216 | 13.1y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 15 | MountainDad | 12.8y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Pilgrim's Progress | 19.0y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 17 | MomwithHope | 18.8y | 2 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 18 | deadrock | 19.8y | 1 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 19 | jazusamo | 12.0y | 2 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 20 | humblegunner | 16.8y | 2 | 3 | 1.5 |
| 21 | SamAdams76 | 20.0y | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 22 | ransomnote | 10.2y | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 23 | Yaelle | 18.1y | 5 | 4 | 0.8 |
| 24 | The Mayor | 17.1y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 25 | \/\/ayne | 19.9y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 26 | deport | 19.1y | 2 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 27 | Fresh Wind | 19.1y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 28 | chajin | 16.7y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 29 | KC Burke | 18.6y | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 30 | rlmorel | 13.3y | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 31 | BenLurkin | 15.5y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Fiddlstix | 17.0y | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 33 | Rome2000 | 17.7y | 1 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 34 | Allen In Texas Hill Country | 19.8y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Publius | 19.9y | 2 | 3 | 1.5 |
| 36 | cyclotic | 15.9y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Caipirabob | 17.5y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 38 | WildHighlander57 | 17.0y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 39 | rightazrain | 19.6y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Lurkinanloomin | 2.8y | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 41 | BamaDi | 16.5y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 42 | savedbygrace | 19.8y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 43 | TXBlair | 14.7y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 44 | rockinqsranch | 13.8y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 45 | YogicCowboy | 3.3y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 46 | jy8z | 13.1y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 47 | Billthedrill | 19.2y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 48 | credo 2 | 19.8y | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 49 | IncPen | 20.0y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 50 | SW6906 | 19.1y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 51 | b4its2late | 18.5y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 52 | combat_boots | 13.4y | 3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 53 | TankerKC | 19.1y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 54 | Nateman | 19.1y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 55 | dayglored | 12.5y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 56 | zeugma | 19.6y | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
95 total posts, by 56 distinct posters. 1.7 average posts per poster.
Average poster seniority: 16.4y.
Happy Anniversary, FReeper One!
I can’t remember how I found this site either. I just had to look up my joining date. It was just a little ways before the Heller case. I remember meeting JR and several others when my daughter and I traveled to attend the Heller Supreme Court case in DC. I went as part of the 2A sisters support for Heller. So glad I did.
P.S.
I forgot to say a BIG THANK YOU to Jim Robinson.
Thank you for ALL you do!
God Bless and keep you dearly.
No Chikensoup? Class of 98?
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